By Elitzur Velor

What are you screaming about? I asked my kids when I drove them to school yesterday.

They said they wanted a story tape.

“Okay,” I handed my phone to Rivki to turn it on.

The speaker started playing exactly this:

“Moishy finally came back home, after a day at school, only to be greeted by his annoying sister, Miri, eating that stupid cereal.”

I turned around to see the reaction on my kids’ faces. The older one bit his lip, but my little ones in the back were smirking.

I hit the power button for the audio. “Nooo!!” they yelled.

I’m meticulous and careful B”H about the books and content I allow my kids to consume. And what’s this? A Jewish story tape feeding my children public school talk?!

I dug deeper, and apparently, it’s about a kid who gained superpowers and saved the world. Really? The salient difference between yiddishe fiction and the deep end — ignored — and brought to us in the form of an innocent “Jewish” story tape.

And that’s besides the fact that a child will NEVER hear any adult speak so inappropriately. Besides the fact that it describes gore and violence in detail as if it’s just another Longest Pesach.

Shmuel Kunda was not only a great storyteller. He was a master educator. One that you’d trust around your children.

Many story tapes today are ominous and care not for how my child will think or act, which ideas my child will value. And if there is a lesson in the story, they’re just to be “yoitzeh,” so they are slipped inside.

Immaturity and reverse-education crept into my home through an unexpected venue. Are you aware of what your children are listening to? Is it kosher just because it’s a story tape on 24Six?